[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Dakshasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa) › 2.56 # Dakshasmriti 2.56 Dakṣasmṛti 2.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.56) tasmātsarvaprayatnena karttavyaṃ sukhamicchatā sarvatra madhyamau yāmau hutaśeṣaṃ haviśca yat bhuñjānaśca śayānaśca brāhmaṇo nāvasīdati > Therefore, by one desiring happiness, it must be performed with all effort. / Everywhere, \[sleeping\] during the two middle watches, and eating the sacrificial residue and offering, / a brāhmaṇa does not decline. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.56.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.56.p1) iti dākṣe dharmaśāstre dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the second chapter in the Dharmaśāstra of Dakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.2.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.27.74) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p561) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p214) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.56) · Pramāṇa